Disable Smilies in This Post. Show Signature: include your profile signature. Only registered users may have signatures.

*If HTML and/or UBB Code are enabled, this means you can use HTML and/or UBB Code in your message.

If you have previously registered, but forgotten your password, click here.

T O P I C R E V I E W

johntosullivan

Does anyone know the history of the SpaceX patch currently on eBay for $48,000? Is it that rare? as in unique?

Apparently it contains a portion of a Dragon parachute.

There are Al Bean paintings with moondust cheaper than that. Has anyone seen or heard of a more expensive patch?

jonspace

There are flown Apollo 11 artifacts that have sold for less than that.

Jurg Bolli

This is a great deal, the shipping is free! What more do you want?

Kevin T. Randall

This SpaceX item started out at $4,995.51 just over a month ago. It is only this week the seller raised the Buy It Now price to $48,000. I thought $4,995.51 was bad enough!

rgarner

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, it may be that he has made a decimal point error on his listing price and not noticed... I hope. O.o

328KF

I came across this listing 331143293117 for a SpaceX-issued patch that is composed of a flown parachute swatch. I'd never heard of such a patch being offered before.

The description reads:

The limited-edition mission patch commemorates the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) mission (C2+), May 22-31, 2012, when SpaceX's Dragon became the first privately developed spacecraft to attach to the International Space Station. This custom patch contains a portion of one of the three parachutes that brought Dragon safety back to earth at the end of that historic mission.

A pretty cool piece, but priced way too high!

Editor's note: Threads merged.

Kevin T. Randall

The seller has dropped the Buy It Now price down from $4,800.00 to $1,500.00, and has added a 'Best Offer' option.